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Weekly column: Fuzzy logic behind proposed cybercrime treaty

Text of the treaty:
http://conventions.coe.int/Treaty/Commun/QueVoulezVous.asp?NT=185&CM=1&DF=&CL=ENG
Map of nations that have ratified it:
http://news.com.com/2300-7348-5973151.html
-Declan
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Perspective: Fuzzy logic behind Bush's cybercrime treaty
By Declan McCullagh
November 28, 2005, 4:00 AM PST
If you believe President Bush, a "cybercrime" treaty about to be voted
on by the U.S. Senate is needed to thwart online vandals and track down
Internet miscreants.
Bush claims the treaty, formally approved by a Senate committee this
month, will "deny safe havens to criminals, including terrorists, who
can cause damage to U.S. interests from abroad, using computer systems."
But in reality, the Convention on Cybercrime will endanger Americans'
privacy and civil liberties--and place the FBI's massive surveillance
apparatus at the disposal of nations with much less respect for
individual liberties.
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